Record ID: SOM-55ED98
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver attachment from unclear item, probably small vessel. The attachment is complete but at one end is solvered to a second curved silver object, probably a vessel wall, too little survives of this second part to identify it. The complete piece is flat with an ornate outline and openwork. The central portion is broadly oval extened at one end into a round ended terminal and at the other into a squared off end. The rounded terminal has three knops, one to each side and one at the end and a central circular piercing. The central section has an open centre containing a…
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2019
Last updated: Monday 2nd December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Maiden Newton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2E5B1B
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy componant from a larger object, possibly a strap fitting or hooked fitting. The piee appears complete, if worn. It has a broad flat head at one end and the rest is a circular sectioned shaft tapering gradualy to a blunt point. The head has an integrally cast raised moulded animal mask on the front with a triangular head, two semi-circular ears, brow ridges and eyes which are defined by incised lines. There is iron corrosion on the back of the head and a small amount on the front suggesting there may have been an iron rivet running through it. At the base of the head …
Created on: Monday 20th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 22nd November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Piddletrenthide', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-205D30
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy unidentified object of probable medieval date. The object measures 31.3mm by 16.2mm by 5.5mm and weighs 5.4g. It is broadly rectangular and flat with rounded ends and a narrower tab on one side which has been bent backwards to form the hook. The ends are rounded and very worn; one of the two attachment holes has been almost totally worn away and the other in incomplete. The front is decorated with incised lines and pellets. Along the bent edge there are short closely spaced parallel diagonals, adjacent to this are two longitudinal lines of short transverse lines, t…
Created on: Wednesday 25th June 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Piddlehinton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2070C3
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy unidentified object of probable post-medieval or modern date. The object is D-shaped and measures 25.3mm by 22.8mm by 5mm and weighs 14.3g. The flat edge has a shallow notch in the centre. The front is flat and is decorated with a border and central cross formed from lightly stamped triangles. The back is recessed and has three projecting integral rivets. Kevin Leahy has suggested the object is relatively recent in date and may have possibly functioned as a harness mount.
Created on: Friday 26th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradford Peverell', grid reference and parish protected.